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Ball valve

Granted 3 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Commercial Refrigeration Controls Co., Ltd · originally ZHEJIANG SANHUA COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION CONTROLS CO., LTD.

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Inventors: Minghui Xu, Liangmei Ding, Weilin Yan · Examiner: George J Ulsh · AU 2925 · TC 2900

Application
29/891,501
filed 6 May 2023
Publication
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US D1116018
granted 3 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball valve according to the present application, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, and a rear view being identical to the front view;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, and a right side view being identical to the left side view;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the ball valve that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/233

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